It may have burned through one of its nine lives but, thanks to firefighters with Laramie County Fire District #1, curiosity didn't kill the cat on Thursday.

According to an LCFD#1 Facebook post, a kitten got curious, made its way down a drainage pipe, and got stuck.

Laramie County Fire District #1 via Facebook
Laramie County Fire District #1 via Facebook
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After some digging, locating, more digging, and cutting, Firefighter Price, Engineer Hollingshead, and Chief Mittlestadt were able to free the small bundle of black fur.

Laramie County Fire District #1 via Facebook
Laramie County Fire District #1 via Facebook
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The purr-fect ending to what could have been a cat-astrophe.

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